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...first book, “Sex and the Empire That Is No More: Gender and the Politics of Metaphor in Oyo Yoruba Religion,” Matory posits ideas that challenge many of the popularly-held Western conceptions of gender. For instance, he shows that the Yoruba women of southwest Nigeria are simultaneously wives and husbands...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Still Fighting | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

Although he received a Western education and writes in English, Soyinka was exposed to the rituals and beliefs of the Yoruba people by his paternal grandfather and his writings are firmly anchored in his ethnic heritage...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nobel Winner On Survival | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

Voodoo has been actively misrepresented by Hollywood for generations. Real vodou is a form of loa (god, spirit) worship with roots in west Africa, mainly in the Yoruba culture, although with a degree of influences from elsewhere...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fifteen Questions for Stephen A. Mitchell | 10/30/2003 | See Source »

...long list of other languages, including Igbo, Kikuya, Twi, Wolof, Yoruba, Ethiopic and Banama, will be taught by native language speakers in the Boston area through the tutorial program...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: African Languages Program Debuts | 9/23/2003 | See Source »

Applications for the position of a junior preceptor who can teach at least two West African languages (Yoruba and Hausa, Mugane hopes) will be reviewed today, according to Akyeampong. The South African languages of Zulu and Xhosa will also be offered...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Hires Join Af-Am, African Studies | 7/25/2003 | See Source »

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